All four leadership candidates commit to 50/50 shadow cabinet gender balance
All four Labour leadership candidates have committed to ensuring they would strike a 50/50 gender balance in the…
Andy Burnham
Things will change and the readiness is all
The Sunday newspapers are always looking for something a bit different, and it is tempting for politicians to try…
Burnham: I’ll have a 50/50 gender split Shadow Cabinet and a woman as deputy
Andy Burnham will ensure that he has a woman as his deputy in Parliament even if a man…
Embrace the wealth creators, but not the ones you might imagine
Small words cause such big divisions in the Labour party. Aspiration. Solidarity. Toughness. These are the shibboleths for…
How will the leadership race finish? Four paths to victory
This piece is probably going to please precisely no one. These thoughts are not based on any knowledge…
Is Andy Burnham most likely to boost Labour’s election chances?
A new ORB survey for The Independent today shows that voters consider Andy Burnham the candidate most likely to…
Brussels hustings: What do the leadership candidates think about Europe?
Labour leadership candidates took part in a hustings in the European Parliament with MEPs and staff yesterday. This…
How are the leadership candidates faring so far?
Choose your least irritating sporting metaphor (or cliché): it’s a marathon not a sprint, it’s a game of…
It’s questionable whether Osborne has a mandate for the scale of cuts planned, says Burnham
Andy Burnham has said that it’s “questionable” whether George Osborne has a mandate for the scale of cuts…
Burnham says Labour ‘lost its way in the last decade’ and criticises mansion tax plan
Andy Burnham has said that Labour ‘lost its way in the last decade’. Burnham, one of four people…
